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And BTW -- red-orange paint was used on some four-cylinder TR engines in
the form of marshaling marks to organize production. My TSF-series TR3B,
produced like all of 'em during the early simultaneous production of the
TR4, had hand-painted orange-red marks on the black block that appear to
have been TR4 first, then overpainted (correctly) as TR3.
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On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 7:40=E2=80=AFAM Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com>=
wrote:
> That would be news to me. The factory reconditioned engines I've seen in
> the UK were painted cheap black paint (as Jonmac notes) and got a special
> FRE plate covering the original engine number.
>
>
> Some suppliers to the UK car industry did use different paint to denote
> reconditioned parts. I believe that's the reason we sometimes see Lucas
> parts like wiper motors in a grayish-greenish-bluish color instead of the
> standard black. A friend of mine told me once during his time as a motor
> factor that he sold remaindered gray-green-blue paint to one of the
> manufacturers so it could all be blended together and used on recondition=
ed
> parts...
>
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 11:21=E2=80=AFPM Edward Hamer <hdrider570@att.net=
> wrote:
>
>> I seem to remember that the factory painted replacement engines red.
>>
>> Edward Hamer
>> Petaluma CA
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">The=
image as a link for email clients that don't like inserting from URLs:=
</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><a href=3D"htt=
ps://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-XvTTKzN/0/26f8c2fc/X5/i-XvTTKzN-X5.jpg">ht=
tps://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-XvTTKzN/0/26f8c2fc/X5/i-XvTTKzN-X5.jpg</a=
><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br></div=
><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">And BTW -- red-oran=
ge paint was used on some four-cylinder TR engines in the form of marshalin=
g marks to organize production.=C2=A0 My TSF-series TR3B, produced like all=
of 'em during the early simultaneous production of the TR4, had hand-p=
ainted orange-red marks on the black block that appear to have been TR4 fir=
st, then overpainted (correctly) as TR3.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" =
style=3D"font-size:small"><a href=3D"https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-8J=
LFjcP/0/053a1b23/X5/i-8JLFjcP-X5.jpg">https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-8=
JLFjcP/0/053a1b23/X5/i-8JLFjcP-X5.jpg</a><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"=
gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at =
7:40=E2=80=AFAM Don Hiscock <<a href=3D"mailto:don.hiscock@gmail.com";>do=
n.hiscock@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot=
e" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)=
;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"f=
ont-size:small">That would be news to me. The factory reconditioned engines=
I've seen in the UK were painted cheap black paint (as Jonmac notes) a=
nd got a special FRE plate covering the original engine number.</div><div c=
lass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><img width=3D"562" height=
=3D"375"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><=
br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Some suppli=
ers to the UK car industry did use different paint to denote reconditioned =
parts.=C2=A0 I believe that's the reason we sometimes see Lucas parts l=
ike wiper motors in a grayish-greenish-bluish color instead of the standard=
black.=C2=A0 A friend of mine told me once during his time as a motor fact=
or that he sold remaindered gray-green-blue paint to one of the manufacture=
rs so it could all be blended together and used on reconditioned parts...</=
div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_at=
tr">On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 11:21=E2=80=AFPM Edward Hamer <<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:hdrider570@att.net" target=3D"_blank">hdrider570@att.net</a>> wrote=
:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.=
8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div dir=3D"auto">I seem to remember that the factory painted replacement e=
ngines red.</div>
<div dir=3D"auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Edward Hamer</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Petaluma CA</div>
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